The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry has revealed that the organisation is re-evaluating its planned entry into Esports and that an expert group is examining the issue of transgender women's participation to protect the female category.
India's dream of staging the 2036 Olympics faces fresh complications after global sports authorities suspended their venue selection timeline indefinitely.
Then, in 1980, to protest the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan, American President Jimmy Carter ordered a boycott of the Moscow Games.
Bach also called for confidence and trust in getting out of the crisis, highlighting solidarity and digitalisation as two examples of the lessons they have learned and are putting into action with Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
Following Coates' remarks, Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said the preparations for a safe and secure Games are proceeding steadily.
The Italian bid got 47 votes out of 81 valid votes, seven more than the minimum required, while 34 members voted for Stockholm-Are
If history is looked at, Indian sportspersons have brought home only 28 Olympic medals since 1900, with one individual gold. These are dismal statistics. So dismal that, juxtaposed with these, India’s hosting aspirations simply do not cohere.
The International Olympic Committee has warned Taiwan that it could lose its right to compete if it tries to change its name for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, ahead of a referendum that will incense Beijing.
"You know very well that this is not very easy for many reasons in this country."
On Tuesday the IOC will report on the progress being made with its Anti-Doping Rules, among other matters.
